How do I report a stock photo on Cheap Stock Photos?

Every image on Cheap Stock Photos passes a check before it is published, but no review process catches everything. If something looks wrong, tell us. Reports are read by a person, and fixing a problem takes one message.

What counts as a valid report

We want to hear about these cases in particular.

• The image looks like a real, identifiable person. Our stock photos are AI-assisted and the people in them are not meant to resemble anyone. If a face is a close match for a public figure or for someone you know, that is worth flagging.
• A real trademark, logo, or brand name is visible. Generated scenes occasionally produce lettering or marks that come close to an existing brand. We remove those.
• Offensive, hateful, or explicit content. Anything that slipped through with material that should not be on a general stock site.
• An obvious rendering error. Extra fingers, warped text, impossible geometry, or an object that fell apart during generation. These are not harmful, but they lower the quality of the catalogue and we would rather pull them.
• A suspected copy of someone else's work. If an image appears to reproduce an existing photograph, painting, or design closely enough to be a copy rather than a coincidence, send the reference so we can compare.
• Wrong or misleading tags. A picture tagged "beach" that shows a forest, or a mood tag that clearly does not fit. This is the mildest category and usually ends in a re-tag rather than a removal.

Reports about taste, such as "I do not like this style", are welcome but will not generally lead to action. The list above is about accuracy, safety, and rights.

What to include

Three things make a report actionable on the first read.

The image URL or slug. Copy the address bar on the image page. The last part of it, the slug, is a unique identifier and is enough on its own. "The blue kitchen one" is not, because there are many blue kitchens.

What is wrong. One or two sentences. For a resemblance report, who you think the face resembles. For a trademark, which brand. For a suspected copy, a link or description of the original so it can be compared. For a rendering error, where in the frame to look.

A way to reply. An email address is ideal. We may need to ask a follow-up question or let you know the outcome. Reports without contact details are still reviewed, but you will not hear back.

A screenshot helps when the issue is subtle, but the slug matters more than the picture, since the slug tells us exactly which file to open.

What happens next

Reports are reviewed by hand. Once a report is confirmed, the image is either removed from the catalogue or re-tagged, depending on the problem. A real logo or a face that resembles a real person leads to removal. A wrong tag leads to a correction. A borderline rendering error may be removed or left in place, depending on how visible it is.

Removed images disappear from the image listing, from the tag pages, and from search results. Copies that people downloaded earlier remain on their machines, of course, but the file will no longer be served from here.

We do not publish a public log of reports, and we do not share the reporter's details with anyone.

Who is responsible for misuse

Sometimes the image itself is fine and the problem is how a third party used it. A fake testimonial with a generated face and a real name, a doctored version with a logo added, a generated scene captioned as a real news photograph. Those uses break the license, but they are the responsibility of the person who made them, not of the site and not of other users who downloaded the same file for legitimate work. If you spot a case like this, you are welcome to report it so we know, but the correct route is usually to contact the platform where the misuse appeared.

Before you write, take a quick look at the FAQ index, because some questions, for instance whether releases exist or how AI-assisted imagery may be used, are answered there and are not defects in a particular image. If you are still convinced something is wrong, send the slug, the reason, and a reply address. That is all it takes to keep the stock photos here accurate and safe for everyone.